<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "David Goldfield via groups.io" <david.goldfield=outlook.com@groups.io><br><b>Date:</b> April 23, 2025 at 19:16:05 EDT<br><b>To:</b> Tech-VI Announcement List <tech-vi@groups.io><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Tech-VI] Live Audio Description Will Be Provided by CBS for Pope Francis's Saturday Morning Funeral</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> tech-vi@groups.io<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Please help spread the word that the CBS Television Network will be providing live audio description on Saturday, April 26
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414">for the CBS News Special Report coverage of the Funeral of Pope Francis. The live coverage in all time zones will begin at
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">4:00 am<span style="color:#862B22"> ET /
</span>1:00 am<span style="color:#862B22"> PT and will conclude</span></span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414"> sometime around the
</span><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">6:00 am ET</span></u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414"> /
</span><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">3:00am PT</span></u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414"> hour.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CBS is pleased to present the full CBS broadcast with audio description on the Secondary Audio Program channel (SAP). The live description will be provided by Descriptive Video Works. The broadcast will be available with additional
audio narration, describing the rich visuals of the special funeral service.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As always, if your local CBS affiliate does not reliably pass through audio description (also known as Network SAP), please contact them as soon as possible.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The </span><a href="https://adp.acb.org/tv.html#problems" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Audio Description Project's TV page</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> has information on one way of finding your
local affiliate's contact information if you do not already have it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thank you to the CBS News Technical and the CBS News Special Events teams who were committed and able to make the live audio description happen for the blind and low vision community in such a short timeframe.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Please share any feedback you have after viewing the service on Saturday morning with the Audio Description Project. You can email
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:advocacy@acb.org"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">advocacy@acb.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Kim Charlson, Co-Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ACB\u2019s Audio Description Project</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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